124 Edward Livingston Youmans. 



Five hundred copies of the Psychology were published ; 

 three hundred remain on his hands. The Social Statics has 

 done better. Seven hundred and fifty were published eleven 

 years ago, and the edition is nearly exhausted. None of 

 them are stereotyped, and so the several editions will very 

 shortly be out of print, and he says he shall not try it again. 

 Five hundred Education were printed, and two hundred are 

 sold. He was desirous of doing something to circulate 

 them, so he bound up some cheaper, to be sent by mail to 

 teachers if they desired. Twelve copies were thus disposed 

 of, with the result of giving mortal offence to the book 

 trade, who are down upon the work in consequence of this 

 informality. To crown his experience, his publisher, George 

 Manwaring, has failed within three months, whereby he 

 loses everything from the Education, and enough more on 

 his other publications to make his loss five hundred dol- 

 lars. As respects the First Principles, notwithstanding all 

 the efforts, the whole thing would have been exploded 

 and abandoned this summer but for some means which he 

 obtained from the death of an uncle. By using that little 

 capital he has been enabled to maintain the project and 

 live. He did not say much to me about his experience, 

 but alluded to it two or three times in a very simple and 

 touching way in connection with the assistance he had re- 

 ceived from America. That is all the profit he has ever 

 yet had from his work, and he said it was as grateful 

 and opportune as it was unexpected, for he had but little 

 hope from that quarter ; and he said his father thought 

 that when he sent a circular to Mr. Silsbee and expressed 

 some hope from that, he was very foolish; "but," said 

 he to me, " you have quite extinguished the old gentle- 

 man." 



And when I looked upon the man, with his health broken 

 and nerves shattered, and remembered that his is the fore- 

 most intellect of our civilization, and that he is a man be- 



